Conductor explores music’s healing touch

As a concert violinist and Newton Symphony Orchestra conductor, James Orent knows how music can lift an audience’s spirits. But while watching too many friends and family members battle life-threatening diseases, he came to wonder about another possible impact: music’s power to heal. (Full article: 1080 words)

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